About Us / History

MAIMONIDES ACADEMY OF WESTERN CONNECTICUT offers fully accredited programs for students in Nursery School through Grade 6, plus early childhood programs for one- and two-year- olds. We are the only Jewish day school in Northern Fairfield County as well as Northern Westchester, Putnam, and Dutchess counties in New York, where bus service is available! We feature small class sizes, taught by a highly experienced faculty. Our educational programs include Music, Computers, Art and Physical Education.

Maimonides Academy has received national recognition from such organizations as the Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth and the Partnership for Excellence in Jewish Education.

Maimonides Academy students score on average over the 90th percentile on national standardized tests.

Our Alumni have attended some of the top schools in the country, including Tufts, Yale, University of Pennsylvania, Cornell, Amherst, Brandeis and Princeton. All of our Alumni have a positive feeling about their time spent at Maimonides Academy.

History:

Maimonides Academy was founded in 1978 by three leaders of the Jewish community: Dr. Alvin Goldman-a well known pediatrician, Mr. Abe Golub- a veteran builder, and Mr. Cary Wellington- a man who had in the past helped found other Jewish Day Schools. The sophisticated curriculum was developed by Dr. Janet Kremenitzer who laid the educational foundation for the entire academic program. The aim was to provide an excellent general education program that would be fully integrated with Jewish studies. The school quickly outgrew its initial space, the basement of a local synagogue, moved to a larger space, and then moved again to its current facility on Miry Brook Road in Danbury in 1984. In 1995, the school added a wing to accommodate its growing nursery and pre-kindergarten program. From its start with 12 nursery school and kindergarten students, to its present size, the school has retained an emphasis on the growth and development of each child.